Morgan: By his own admission, Mr. Rangel is at the twilight of his career. He’s said that at his age, he doesn’t buy green bananas. We need to transition to the next thing.Dickens: You’re not appointed to the best committees as a freshman. You’re put to the back of the bus, so to speak.

Andrew Cuomo is open to a pay raise for lawmakers, but is searching for some kind of reform in return, possibly the abolishment of the much-abused, highly lucrative per-diem reimbursement system that gives lawmakers an incentive to remain at the Capitol, doing nothing, Fred Dicker writes.